PIL A/B ROLES FINAL EXAM
REVISION PACK – KEY ACTS, CASES
& DEFINITIONS
o Define legitimate purposes for animal useo Imposelimitsonpainandsufferingo
Provideforinspectionoffacilities&procedures o Ensure humane standards of husbandry &
care o Ensure public accountability - correct answers ✔✔Purpose of ASP
An independent, non-departmental, public body set up under ASPA sections 19 and 20.
o Responsible for providing impartial, balanced and objective advice to the Home Office
on issues relating to the 1986 Act (as amended).o The Committee is commissioned for
advice by Home Office Ministers and can consider issues of its own volition.o The
Committee has no executive powers
, and cannot grant, revoke or vary (amend) licences granted under ASPA. - correct
answers ✔✔What is the ASC
Comprises of TABLE A & TABLE B and 6 approved confirmation
methods of deatho Table A - Methods suitable for Animals other than fetal, larval and
embryonico Table B - Methods suitable for fetal, larval and embryonic forms - correct
answers ✔✔Schedule 1
A list of species that MUST be obtained from a Licenced Breeder/Supplier - correct
answers ✔✔Schedule 2
Species specific care & welfare needs:
o Reception, acclimatisation and quarantine o Care of the animals (accommodation,
food,
water, bedding, handling and cleaning)o Husbandry tables (environment)o Cage and
pen dimensionso Animal healtho Humane killing and disposal of carcasses - correct
answers ✔✔Code of Practice
Any living vertebrate other than man and any living cephalopod. - correct answers
✔✔Who is a protected animal
An animal shall be regarded as continuing to live until the permanent cessation of
circulation or the destruction of its brain. - correct answers ✔✔Definition of living
'A regulated procedure means any procedure applied to a protected animal for a
qualifying purpose which may have the effect of causing the animal pain, suffering,
distress or lasting harm equivalent to, or higher than, that caused by the introduction of
a needle in accordance with good veterinary practice.' - correct answers ✔✔What is a
regulated procedure
o Giving an altered dieto Administration of substances in food & watero Withdrawal of
food and watero Administration of substances into eggso Mating to produce defective
offspringo Biopsy of superficial tissues e.g. tail tip, skin, ear, scales o Administering
substances parenterallyo Application of physical restrainto Exposure to gases, vapours
or aerosolso Withdrawal of blood from superficial vesselo Induction of anaesthesia,
local or generalo Killing by a non-schedule 1 methodo Removal of tissues under
terminal anaesthesia - correct answers ✔✔Examples of Regulated Procedures
o Recognised veterinary, agricultural or husbandry practice. Clinical investigation &
management of animal health/welfare
o Ringing, tagging or marking for the primary purpose of identification onlyMicrochip.
Ear notch, DNA sampling to establish identity or provenance of an animal.
o The domain of a Vet in clinical practice - - - Administration of substances to evaluate a
veterinary product (Medicines Act 1968;s32). This does not extend to induction of
disease or withholding of established treatments or control groups.
REVISION PACK – KEY ACTS, CASES
& DEFINITIONS
o Define legitimate purposes for animal useo Imposelimitsonpainandsufferingo
Provideforinspectionoffacilities&procedures o Ensure humane standards of husbandry &
care o Ensure public accountability - correct answers ✔✔Purpose of ASP
An independent, non-departmental, public body set up under ASPA sections 19 and 20.
o Responsible for providing impartial, balanced and objective advice to the Home Office
on issues relating to the 1986 Act (as amended).o The Committee is commissioned for
advice by Home Office Ministers and can consider issues of its own volition.o The
Committee has no executive powers
, and cannot grant, revoke or vary (amend) licences granted under ASPA. - correct
answers ✔✔What is the ASC
Comprises of TABLE A & TABLE B and 6 approved confirmation
methods of deatho Table A - Methods suitable for Animals other than fetal, larval and
embryonico Table B - Methods suitable for fetal, larval and embryonic forms - correct
answers ✔✔Schedule 1
A list of species that MUST be obtained from a Licenced Breeder/Supplier - correct
answers ✔✔Schedule 2
Species specific care & welfare needs:
o Reception, acclimatisation and quarantine o Care of the animals (accommodation,
food,
water, bedding, handling and cleaning)o Husbandry tables (environment)o Cage and
pen dimensionso Animal healtho Humane killing and disposal of carcasses - correct
answers ✔✔Code of Practice
Any living vertebrate other than man and any living cephalopod. - correct answers
✔✔Who is a protected animal
An animal shall be regarded as continuing to live until the permanent cessation of
circulation or the destruction of its brain. - correct answers ✔✔Definition of living
'A regulated procedure means any procedure applied to a protected animal for a
qualifying purpose which may have the effect of causing the animal pain, suffering,
distress or lasting harm equivalent to, or higher than, that caused by the introduction of
a needle in accordance with good veterinary practice.' - correct answers ✔✔What is a
regulated procedure
o Giving an altered dieto Administration of substances in food & watero Withdrawal of
food and watero Administration of substances into eggso Mating to produce defective
offspringo Biopsy of superficial tissues e.g. tail tip, skin, ear, scales o Administering
substances parenterallyo Application of physical restrainto Exposure to gases, vapours
or aerosolso Withdrawal of blood from superficial vesselo Induction of anaesthesia,
local or generalo Killing by a non-schedule 1 methodo Removal of tissues under
terminal anaesthesia - correct answers ✔✔Examples of Regulated Procedures
o Recognised veterinary, agricultural or husbandry practice. Clinical investigation &
management of animal health/welfare
o Ringing, tagging or marking for the primary purpose of identification onlyMicrochip.
Ear notch, DNA sampling to establish identity or provenance of an animal.
o The domain of a Vet in clinical practice - - - Administration of substances to evaluate a
veterinary product (Medicines Act 1968;s32). This does not extend to induction of
disease or withholding of established treatments or control groups.
